☕✝️ Coffee & Jesus Bible Study - Beatitude Series: Blessed are the Peacemakers - for they will be called Children of God- Matthew 5:9 August 26

Welcome to the Coffee & Jesus Bible Study, a monthly gathering created and led by the beautiful heart behind this ministry, Becky.Every second Saturday of the month, women from all walks of life meet at Tend Coffee (11121 Westwood Loop, San Antonio, TX 78253) from 9–10:30 AM to slow down, breathe, and sit with the Word of God together.Coffee & Jesus is a space where Scripture feels personal, community feels safe, and Jesus feels near.Each gathering begins with worship — three songs that gently prepare our hearts — followed by a Bible study that is honest, practical, and full of grace.Due to copyright restrictions, the worship moments are not included in these recordings, but you can catch glimpses of them on both Becky’s Coffee & Jesus Instagram and the Guided by Grace Bible Study Instagram. The heart of the teaching, however — the Scripture, the encouragement, the truth — is all here for you to revisit anytime.Whether you missed a session, want to take deeper notes, or simply need a moment of peace in your week, these studies are here to meet you right where you are.If this ministry blesses you, and if you feel led, please consider supporting Becky and the work God is doing through Coffee & Jesus. Your prayers, presence, and encouragement mean more than you know.Come sit with us.Come learn with us.Come meet Jesus in the quiet moments — coffee in hand, heart open, grace overflowing.Support the Ministry cash.app/$satxcoffeeandJesushttps://www.instagram.com/satxcoffeeandjesus/⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@beckysanchezriver⁠In this month’s Coffee & Jesus Bible Study, Jessica brings a powerful, vulnerable, and deeply challenging message titled “The Cost of Peace.” As part of our Beatitude Series, she unpacks Matthew 5:9 — “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”This teaching is not surface‑level.It is not polite peace.It is not conflict avoidance.It is the cross‑shaped calling of true peacemakers.Jessica walks us through the Beatitudes leading up to verse 9, showing how peacemaking flows from humility, mercy, purity, surrender, and dependence on God. She explains that peace is not manufactured — it is restored by Jesus Himself. What sin shattered, Christ reconciled.This message confronts the difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking:• Peacekeeping avoids conflict, hides wounds, and settles for fragile silence.• Peacemaking moves toward what is broken with courage, honesty, humility, and love.Jessica teaches that shalom — God’s peace — is wholeness, completeness, and harmony under His reign. It cannot be faked. It cannot be forced. And it cannot be sustained without heart transformation.She challenges us with questions that cut deep:• What does “be the bigger person” really cost?• What wounds are we carrying into our relationships?• Are we protecting our peace or carrying His peace?• What are we reflecting?• Who are we discipling?Drawing from Romans 12, John 16, and the reality of spiritual warfare, Jessica reminds us that peacemaking requires surrender, honesty, and identity rooted in Christ. We cannot offer peace with a heart full of bitterness or self‑protection. We must allow God to renew our minds so we can step into conflict not to win — but to heal.This teaching is tender, convicting, and deeply transformative.It calls us out of avoidance.It calls us out of self‑preservation.It calls us into the costly, courageous work of reconciliation.Peacemaking is not a vibe.It is a calling.It is a cross.It is the character of Jesus formed in us.--Coffee and Jesus Bible StudyBeatitude SeriesBlessed Are the PeacemakersMatthew 5:9 TeachingWomen’s Bible Study PodcastChristian EncouragementShalom TeachingPeacekeeping vs PeacemakingBiblical PeacemakingGuided by Grace Bible StudyChristian Women’s MinistryHeart Transformation TeachingJesus’ Sermon on the MountSpiritual Growth for WomenConflict and Reconciliation Bible Study